No mosques built on Hindu religious sites in Hyderabad: ASI

Hyderabad: The Archaeological Survey of India, a Central government agency attached to the Union Ministry of Culture, has stated that there was no evidence of ancient mosques built on Hindu religious sites in Hyderabad.

The statement, which came as a reply to a Right To Information application filed by RTA activist Robin Zaccheus, who asked ‘whether the ASI had any historical evidence pertaining to ancient mosques in India built on Hindu religious sites’, apart from asking for ‘details of all such ancient mosques in Telangana in which Hindu religious temples were existing’.

The ASI in its reply on Thursday said ‘none of the monuments/sites under the jurisdiction of the Archaeological Survey of India, Hyderabad Circle in Telangana State have any evidence of ancient mosques built on Hindu religious sites’.

The reply, signed by K Chandrakant, Central Public Information Officer, ASI, Hyderabad Circle, was also tweeted by the RTI activist, in an indirect response to BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s recent alleged challenge to dig up mosques in Hyderabad to see if there were Shiva lingas beneath, pointing out that there was no need for such an exercise.

Neither was a Mosque under the Prime Minister’s residents in Delhi @asadowaisi

Neither is the need to dig up the Mosques in Hyderabad, Telangana @bandisanjay_bjp

Let peace & communal harmony prevail in India & our wonderful City #Hyderabad! pic.twitter.com/076i3R21uC

— Robin Zaccheus (@RobinZaccheus) June 23, 2022

He also tagged AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, saying there was no mosque under the PM’s residence in Delhi either.

హైద‌రాబాద్ న‌గ‌ర ప‌రిధిలోని హిందూ దేవాల‌యాల‌పై మ‌సీదులు నిర్మించిన‌ట్టు త‌మ వ‌ద్ద ఏ విధ‌మైన ఆధారాలు, సాక్ష్యాలు లేవ‌ని కేంద్ర ప్ర‌భుత్వ సంస్థ ఆర్కియాల‌జిక‌ల్ స‌ర్వే ఆఫ్ ఇండియా, హైద‌రాబాద్ స్ప‌ష్టీక‌ర‌ణ‌.

మిత్రుడు @RobinZaccheus వేసిన ఆర్టీఐకి సమాధానం. pic.twitter.com/2xelhY7mfD

— Sagar Vanaparthi (@SagarVanaparthi) June 23, 2022